A black-and-white image shared online in June 2024 was a real police photograph of singer Amy Winehouse.
On June 24, 2024, an X-thread purporting to list “the most iconic celebrity mugshots” included a picture of Amy Winehouse. At the time of this writing, the post purporting to show the late pop singer’s mugshot had garnered more than 474,000 views and 4,100 likes.
(X-User @pop_archives)
The photo was also shared on Pinterest and featured on posters sold through online marketplaces such as Amazon, Etsy and eBay.
Because the image was not an authentic mugshot of Amy Winehouse and the photo of the singer was doctored to resemble a mugshot, we have classified this claim as “fake.”
TinEye’s reverse image search results showed that the fake mugshot was likely created using a real photo of Winehouse.
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A comparison of the mugshot with an authentic photo of Winehouse revealed that the latter (right) was manipulated to create the fake mugshot (left).
(X-user @pop_archives, Mischa Richter, www.rollingstone.com)
The original photo was taken by Mischa Richter during a photo shoot for the cover of Winehouse’s album “Back to Black”.
This isn’t the first time we’ve investigated a viral mugshot of a celebrity. For example, in April 2024, we looked at viral photos purporting to show mugshots of Marilyn Monroe.
